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b'(repeat) Move over Roomba.\\xa0Caf\\xe9 robots are the latest in adorable automation. And they may be more than a fad. As robots and artificial intelligence enter the workforce, they could serve up more than machine-made macchiato.\\xa0Digital workers are in training to do a wide variety jobs. Will humans be handed the mother of all pink slips?\\nWe sip lattes in a robot caf\\xe9 and contemplate the future of work. Some say the workplace will have more machines than people, while others maintain that A.I. will augment, not replace, human workers.\\nMeanwhile, future intelligent automation may not come from Silicon Valley.\\xa0Why China wants to become the global center for A.I.\\xa0\\xa0\\nPlus, NASA\\u2019s first bipedal humanoid robot - Valkyrie, a prototype of a construction worker for use on Mars - teaches us that moving like a human is not as easy as it looks.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nMartin Ford\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Futurist who writes about the impact of robots and artificial intelligence on society; author of \\u201cThe Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future\\u201d\\n\\n\\nPeter Norvig\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Director of research, Google\\n\\n\\nOwen Churchill\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Journalist; his article \\u201cChina\\u2019s AI dreams\\u201d appeared in\\xa0Nature,\\xa0January 18, 2018\\xa0\\n\\n\\n Kimberly Hambuchen\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Aeronautics engineer; the principal technologist of\\xa0robotics\\xa0at NASA\\u2019s Johnson Space Center\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'